GRE Word List
VISCID
having an adhesive quality : sticky
The meaning of the word viscid is having an adhesive quality : sticky.
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curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
brackish | somewhat salty |
buoyant | having buoyancy |
unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |